Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian
The Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian, named after Moses the Black, is a monastic community of the Syriac Catholic Church located near the town of Nabk, Syria, approximately 80 km north of Damascus, on the eastern slopes of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains.
- Church
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,300 metres (4,250 feet)
- Description: monastery
- Also known as“Dayr Mār MūsᔓDeïr Mâr Moûssa”“Deir Mar Moussa, Deïr Mâr Moûssa, Dayr Mār Mūsá”
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Latitude
34.0217° or 34° 1′ 18″ north
Longitude
36.84245° or 36° 50′ 33″ east
Open location code
8G6R2RCR+MX
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير مار موسى الحبشي”
- Arabic: “دير مار موسى”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Մովսես Հաբեշացի վանք”
- Catalan: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
- Catalan: “Deir Mar Musa”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Mar Musa”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Sant Moisès l’Abissini”
- Dutch: “Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian”
- French: “Dayr Mar Musa”
- French: “Deir Mar Moussa al-Habachi”
- French: “Monastère de Saint-Moïse-l’Abyssin”
- German: “Dair Mar Musa al-Habaschi”
- German: “Dayr Mar Musa”
- German: “Deir Mar Musa al Habashi”
- German: “Deir Mar Musa”
- German: “Kloster des heiligen Moses von Abessinien”
- German: “Mar Musa”
- Greek: “Μοναστήρι Αγίου Μωυσή του Αβησσυνίου”
- Hindi: “मार मूसा”
- Italian: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
- Italian: “Mar Musa”
- Italian: “Monastero di San Mosè l’Abissino”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
- Norwegian: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
- Polish: “Deir Mar Musa”
- Polish: “Klasztor św. Mojżesza Abisyńskiego”
- Russian: “Монастырь Моисея Мурина”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Moisés el Abisinio”
- Turkish: “Habeşli Aziz Musa Manastırı”
- Western Frisian: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
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